Reese Dual cam vs Equalizer

Huntindog wrote:

Bobbo wrote:

Huntindog wrote:
The DC fans fixate on what the cams do.... Letting the TT freely return to center.
What they do not understand is that, yes the cams do resist sway moving away from center, but not towards center,,,,even though motion returning to center is STILL a sway event! Sway is a back and forth motion much like a dogs tail. The EQUALIZER dampens sway in BOTH directions. Perhaps with less resistance that the DC when it is moving away from center, but with much more resistance when moving to center. So the net result is about the same.

Personally, I consider this a GOOD thing. We WANT the trailer to return to center. My opinion of the perfect system is one that resists moving off center, allows free return to center, then resists moving off center in the other direction, damping down the sway but encouraging a centered trailer. That is exactly what the Dual Cam does.

You are not understanding what I am saying.

I am sure that you have seen a trailer on the road swaying. It sways in both directions. When it changes directions, it is headed back to center... It doesn't need any help from cams. It will head that way without ANY sway control.
So if you believe that the cams impart a signifignant force towards center (quite a few don't believe this) then it will speed up the motion towards center, When it reaches center it will then encounter resistance in the other direction... Think about it. A 5k -10K weight swinging back and forth, and actually encouraged to sway faster in one direction! If this is actually what happened then it would be felt in the TV as sway.

I don't subscribe to that thinking. Many debates have happened here over the years with our resident engineer Ron Gratz weighing in. His opinion was that the DC is primarily a friction based system. That the cams don't add all that much.

The EQUALIZER without any cams needs no consideration for what cams may or may not do.. It imparts the same sway braking resistance in BOTH directions. slowing down the sway event quickly.

Since both the DC and the EQUALIZER have had great reviews here over many years, it is obvious that they both perform well. They just do it differently

The trailer coming back around towards center is where the Dual Cam is superior. The trailer will want to stay behind the vehicle due to the cams. the last thing you want is the trailer to go past center during a sway event, which the EQ will let it do. You can feel the trailer "lock" (probably not the exact term but you get the idea) in when it hits the center of the cam. The EQ lets the trailer continue on its way past center. which is where sway is!